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Roads and Buildings Minister B.C. Janardhan Reddy informed the Andhra Pradesh State Assembly that important advancement has been made successful the improvement of cardinal infrastructure projects, including the Greenfield International Airport astatine Bhogapuram and the long-pending Budagatlapalem Fishing Harbour.
During the Question Hour connected Thursday, the Minister, responding to a question raised by MLAs Matsyarasa Visweswara Raju, Tatiparthi Chandra Sekhar and Regam Matyalingam, said that the Bhogapuram airdrome is nearing completion, and the authorities hopes to statesman afloat commercialized operations by mid-2026. All mandatory clearances, including site, defence and Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) approvals, are secured from the respective Union Ministries earlier the instauration chromatic was laid.
Land acquisition for the task began successful 2015 and was completed successful phases by 2020, with statutory approvals obtained during the aforesaid period. A concession statement was signed connected June 12, 2020, stipulating a 36-month operation timeline. The appointed day was declared connected December 14, 2023, the scheduled completion is fixed arsenic December 13, 2026. A large milestone was achieved connected January 4, 2026, erstwhile a commercialized validation formation successfully landed astatine the airport, helium said.
MLAs Eeshwar Rao Nadukuditi and Lokam Naga Madhavi sought details connected the advancement of sportfishing harbour projects, peculiarly the Budagatlapalem Fishing Harbour successful Etcherla constituency. Responding to it, the Minister said that the authorities has decided to straight execute the pending works of the Budagatlapalem Fishing Harbour aft cancelling the erstwhile contract.
Mr. Janardhan Reddy informed the Assembly that the earlier bureau had completed lone 25% of the project. The conjugation authorities has present sought a ₹135 crore indebtedness nether the Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment (SASCI) strategy and has submitted revised outgo estimates of ₹445 crore for approval. Nearly 5,000 sportfishing families beryllium connected the harbour, prompting legislators to property for aboriginal completion, helium said.
